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Brachytroninae

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Taxonomy
Brachytroninae was named by Fraser (1957). It is extant. Its type is Brachytronini.

It was assigned to Aeshnidae by Nel et al. (1994).

Subtaxa
Brachytronini (type tribe)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Brachytroninae Fraser
1994Brachytroninae Nel et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
—Aeshnomorpha
—Panaeshnida
—Aeshnida
—Paneuaeshnida
—Euaeshnida
—Neoaeshnida
—Aeshnodea
—Euaeshnodea
superfamilyAeshnoideaLeach 1815
familyAeshnidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyBrachytroninaeFraser 1957
subfamilyBrachytroninaeFraser 1957

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Brachytroninae Fraser 1957
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Tr. Brachytronini Fraser 1957
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G. Aeschnophlebia Selys 1883
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†Aeschnophlebia andreasi Nel et al. 2005
†Aeschnophlebia miocenica Nel and Escuillé 1994
G. Nasiaeschna Förster 1900
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†Nasiaeschna miocenica Claisse et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Turolian or 38.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Aeschnophlebia andreasi (21976 127743 207258)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Aeschnophlebia miocenica (113893) Nasiaeschna miocenica (227089)